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MUSIC AWARDS – 2016 VOTING GUIDELINES

I. NAME OF SPONSOR(S)

Radio Disney, a division of ABC Radio Networks Assets, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Sponsor”).

II. EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Radio Disney Music Awards (“RDMA”) will ask fans to vote beginning at 9:00 am Pacific Time (“PT”) on Friday, March 4, 2016 and ending at 11:59 pm ET on Sunday, April 10, 2016 (“Voting Period”) on 17 US categories and 3 international only (“International Only”) categories each with a maximum of 4 artist nominees (“Nominee(s)”). All Nominees will participate in competition resulting in the winners being named on Saturday, April 30th, 2016 on or around 3:30 pm PT at the RDMA show at the Microsoft Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, CA.

III. NOMINEES

Nominees are selected by Sponsor.

All categories (“Category (ies)”) and Nominees are as follows:

YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THEM – BEST MUSIC GROUP (presented by Mac’N Cheese®)  Fall Out Boy   R5

HE’S THE ONE – BEST MALE ARTIST   Nick Jonas  Shawn Mendes

SHE’S THE ONE – BEST FEMALE ARTIST   Selena Gomez 

THE BESTEST – SONG OF THE YEAR  “Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift  “Cheerleader” by Omi  “Stitches” by Shawn Mendes  “Watch Me” by Silento

XOXO – BEST CRUSH SONG  “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding  “One Call Away” by Charlie Puth  “Perfect” by One Direction  “Should’ve Been Us” by Tori Kelly

SO FANtastic – FIERCEST FANS  Beliebers  Directioners  Harmonizers  Swifties

THE BUZZ – BREAKOUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR  Alessia Cara  Charlie Puth  Rachel Platten  Tori Kelly

THE FRESHEST – BEST NEW ARTIST  DNCE  Daya  Kelsea Ballerini  Nathan Sykes

SO HAPPY – BEST SONG THAT MAKES YOU SMILE (presented by Goldfish®)  “Better When I’m Dancing” by Meghan Trainor  “Cheerleader” by Omi  “I Don’t Like It, I Love It” by Flo Rida

#COOL – RADIO DISNEY’S MOST TALKED ABOUT ARTIST  Justin Bieber  One Direction  Taylor Swift

STUCK IN OUR HEADS – BEST SONG TO LIP SYNC TO (presented by BAND AID®)  “Cake By The Ocean” by DNCE  “Dessert” (f.Silento) by Dawin  “Gibberish” (f.Hoodie Allen) by Max  “What Do You Mean” by Justin Bieber

THAT’S MY JAM – BEST ANTHEM  “Cake By The Ocean” by DNCE  “Confident” by Demi Lovato  “Eyes Wide Open” by  “Honey, I’m Good” by Andy Granner

MOVE! – BEST SONG TO DANCE TO  “Break a Sweat” by  “Focus” by  “Uma Thurman” by Fall Out Boy  “Watch Me” by Silento

HEARTBREAK – BEST BREAKUP SONG  “Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift  “Hello” by Adele  “Sorry” by Justin Bieber  “Stitches” by Shawn Mendes

YOU’VE GOT SWAG – ARTIST WITH THE BEST STYLE  Becky G  Gwen Stefani  Taylor Swift

2  Zendaya

RADIO DISNEY COUNTRY FAVORITE SONG  “Dibs” by Kelsea Ballerini  “Fly” by Maddie & Tae  “God Made Girls” by Raelynn  “Nothin’ Like You” by Dan + Shay

RADIO DISNEY COUNTRY FAVORITE ARTIST   Kelsea Ballerini  Maddie & Tae  Sam Hunt

BELGIUM’S FINEST – BESTE BELGISCHE ARTIEST/MEILLEUR ARTISTE BELGE  Laura Tesoro  Emma Bale  Loïc Nottet  Lost Frequencies

LIEFS UIT HOLLAND – BESTE NEDERLANDSE ARTIEST  MainStreet  Martin Garrix  B-Brave  Sarah & Julia

UNO DE LOS NUESTROS – MEJOR ARTISTA ESPAÑOL   Auryn  Manuel Carrasco  Sweet California

IV. VOTING PROCEDURES

Seventeen (17) US Categories:

Listeners will be able to vote during the Voting Period listed above. During the Voting Period, listeners will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Nominees via computer online or a mobile device at www.disney.com/RDMA - also accessible through the Radio Disney mobile app (“App”), Facebook - www.facebook.com/radiodisney, - www.twitter.com/radiodisney, and via Google OneBox.

Each listener is allowed unlimited votes per day on each of the following voter mechanisms: www.disney.com/RDMA (both online and through the App), Facebook - www.facebook.com/radiodisney, and Twitter - www.twitter.com/radiodisney.

Each listener who uses GoogleBox to vote is allowed a maximum of one hundred (100) votes per day per Category.

Anyone who resides in a country where voting in a contest is legal may vote.

Three (3) International Only Categories:

During the Voting Period listed above, listeners will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Nominees via computer online at www.disneychannel.be/rdma, www.disneychannel.nl/rdma and www.disneychannel.es/rdma.

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V. HOW AND WHEN WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED AND NOTIFIED

The winner of each Category will be determined strictly by fan votes. The winners in the US Categories will be announced on Saturday, April 30th, 2016 on or around 3:30pm PT at the RDMA show at the Microsoft Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, CA. The winners will be featured in on-air and online promotional announcements at Sponsor’s discretion. Further announcements will be placed at Sponsor’s discretion on such platforms as www.disney.com/RDMA, www.music.disney.com/radio-disney, the App and/or other online sites, following the on-air announcements. The winners in the International Only Categories will be announced in their local territories at a date determined by Sponsor no later than June 30, 2016.

VI. HOW TO VOTE FOR NOMINEES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

Seventeen (17) US Categories:

Except as noted below for GoogleBox voting, each participant listener may vote on the seventeen (17) US Categories unlimited times per day via computer online and/or mobile device, per voting mechanism via www.disney.com/RDMA (also available via the App), Facebook - www.facebook.com/radiodisney (if you have, and are logged into your Facebook account) and Twitter – www.twitter.com/radiodisney (if you have, and are logged into, your Twitter account). Each listener who uses Google OneBox to vote is allowed a maximum of one hundred (100) votes per day per Category.

VOTE VIA www.disney.com/RDMA: Participant listeners may look at Nominee photos, watch Nominee videos and vote unlimited times per day at www.disney.com/RDMA online and/or through the App.

VOTE VIA FACEBOOK: Participant listeners may vote unlimited times per day via computer and/or mobile device at www.facebook.com/radiodisney.

VOTE VIA TWITTER: Participant listeners may vote unlimited times per day via computer and/or mobile device at www.twitter.com/radiodisney. Valid voting via tweets must include @RadioDisney, the pre- determined hashtag of each Category, and the Nominee name (further details and Category hashtags will be on www.twitter.com/radiodisney). Misspellings will not be counted. Artist hashtags are not case- sensitive. Retweets shall count as a new vote for the Nominee & Category specified in the original tweet. You must post the tweet as public in order for it to be included. Any tweets from a Twitter account whose privacy setting is “private” will not be counted. Please note that disabling “protected or private mode” will make all of your tweets/posts public and anyone will be able to follow you.

VOTE VIA GOOGLE BOX: Participant listeners may vote a maximum of one hundred (100) times per day per Category via computer and/or mobile device.

In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken by the Administrator based on the number of fan votes received through www.disney.com/RDMA and the App. The decision of the Administrator shall be final and binding.

Three (3) International Only Categories:

Each participant listener may vote on the three (3) international only Categories unlimited times per day via computer online via www.disneychannel.be/rdma, www.disneychannel.nl/rdma and www.disneychannel.es/rdma.

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General:

Sponsor, Facebook, Twitter, Google and Administrator and each of their respective direct or indirect parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, related and affiliated entities and each of their respective agents, officers, directors, employees, contractors and their respective successors, licensees and assigns and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion or implementation of the vote and these Rules (collectively, “Released Parties”) are not responsible for and shall not be liable for failed, partial or garbled computer, phone and/or text transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to votes that are not processed because of electronic malfunction or damage of any telephone/cable network or lines, online systems, servers, providers, network, hardware or software. No responsibility is assumed for: any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of votes; or failure of any e-mail or electronic votes to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web-site, App, or any combination thereof.

Mass votes or voting generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices (“Mass Voting”) will be disqualified. You may not use any third party services to vote on your behalf or purchase votes for a particular Category/Nominee. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend or cancel the RDMA in the event the voting in any Category or Categories becomes impaired or compromised as a result of a computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical problems, Mass Voting or other causes determined by Sponsor at its sole discretion that corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity, tabulation, or proper play of the voting. If modified, suspended, or canceled, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to determine the winner using all non-suspect, eligible votes received up to the time of modification/suspension/cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual involved with, and/or void all associated votes it finds to be: tampering with the voting process or the operation of the RDMA or related websites; intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any Nominee, Sponsor or any of its representatives; or to otherwise be acting in violation of the Official Rules (“Rules”). CAUTION: Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operations of the voting is potentially a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other such remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Sponsor reserves the right to modify the voting mechanism, method and/or processes during the voting to account for technical and production issues and to improve the user experience (including, without limitation, by adding to, changing or eliminating a method of submitting votes). Any such changes will be noted in a revision to the Rules and online.

By participating, each participant listener agrees to release, indemnify and hold the Released Parties harmless against any and all claims and liabilities of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of such individual’s participation in the voting.

VII. RDMA PRIZE

The winner of each Category will receive an “ARDY” – the official Radio Disney Music Award.

VIII. RELEASES

Participating voters and Nominees agree to the following:

By participating, voting participants and Nominees agree to be bound by the Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and any contest administrators, which shall be final in all respects.

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By participating in the RDMA and/or accepting any prize that they may win, Nominees agree to release Released Parties from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in the RDMA and/or acceptance or use of the prize.

Nominees authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and materials submitted by Nominees in programming or promotional material, in any media now known or hereafter created or conceived, worldwide in perpetuity, and/or on a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.

IX. NOMINEES AND GOOD FAITH INTENTIONS

Sponsor requires all participants and Nominees to act in good faith in all matters relating to the RDMA, voting and other Nominees. To that extent any participant or Nominee acts in a manner that: disparages or damages the RDMA or another Nominee via press, broadcast, online or any other means, including but not limited to deliberately encouraging others to vote against a Nominee; employing or encouraging others to employ Mass Voting mechanisms; or in any way interfering with the planned RDMA and voting procedures; is cause for disqualification from the RDMA and/or the ability to vote for Nominees. This determination shall be made at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

X. MISCELLANEOUS; WINNERS’ LIST

Void where prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify and/or suspend the RDMA in the event of tampering or other circumstances, including but not limited to acts of God or civil disturbance that render it impractical or impossible to complete or fulfill the RDMA as originally planned.

XI. ADMINISTRATOR: Ventura Associates International LLC, 60 East 42nd Street, , NY 10165 (“Administrator”), an independent judging organization whose decisions are final and binding with respect to this contest.

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